Tilting gate.



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- s. A. FISHER.

TILTING GATE.

(Application led July a6, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 7o|,s68. 'Patented'lune lo, |902. B. A. FISHER.

TILTING GATE. (Applicacionjmeu Jgxy 1e, 1501A 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (No Model.)

A UNITED STATE-s ,PATENT OFFICE.

BEVLY A. FISHER, OF HAMILTON, MONTANA.

TILTING GATE. l"

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71,86 8, dated June l0, 1902. Application filed July 16, 1901. Serial No. 63,464. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concer-n;

Beit known that I, BEVLY A. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Ravalli and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tilting gates; and the main object of my invention is theprovision of a gate which is adapted to j be easily and quickly tilted or opened eitherfrom the ground or from a seat when driving a team, said gate being provided with a means for assisting the operator in accomplishing the desired result.

Another object of my invention is the provision ,ofa simple, durable, and inexpensive tilting farm-gate, which is very useful and thoroughly practical".

To attain the desired objects, the inventionf consists of a tilting farmj-gate embodying novel features of constructionand combina-v tionof parts substantially as'disclosedherein;

In the drawings, Figure l isa perspectiver view of the gate closed. Fig. 2 is a side Velevation of the gate tilted or open, and Fig."3'

is a rear end View thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail of the lower end of the gate. i Referring by letter to the' drawings, A designates a gate provided with the two parallel uprights or stiles B and C andthe brace-pieces D, which extend from the bottom of the upright or stile B to the top of the upright or stile C. The lower end of the upright or Stile B is connected and movable with, theA roller E, whose outer ends arej ]'ournaledinl the bearings of posts F, which aresecurelyplaced in the ground and braced by the lowerl ends of the two inclined postsor lever-supports G. These posts are additionally braced or supported by the inclined braces H, whose lower ends are connected to the posts F and their upper ends to the inclined posts.

Providedin the upper ends of the lever-supports Gr are the recesses or channels J, in which by means of pivots oraxl'es-K are pivoted the levers L, having pull-cords M secured to their outerA ends and the eyes N to their inner ends. Pivoted or swingingly connected to these eyes are the pullrods or loose coupling-rods O, whose lower ends are connected to the chains P, secured to the lifting or bracin g stays Qand the top of the gate. The bracing-stays lower ends are secured to the roller E, equidistant upon each side "of the gate, and incline inwardY and Vupward and are secured tothe brace-pieces of the gate upon opposite sides'thereof, said securing-point being above and beyond the center of the gate, so as to overcome the dead-center when tilting the gate. v

I employ apost R, provided with the vertical groove or guidewayS, to receivethe free end of the gate when thesame is jclosed, andy ,as the gate is provided with the series of braces `having the supports T', whose lower ends are connected together by the pin T2, which passes in the space between the braces and thenext to the lower railof the gate to form a pivot for said supports. To limit the movement of the 'supports and to allow the weight to assist in opening the gate, I provide the abut-ments or stops U upon the opposite sides of the Vbraces and the chock V, secured to the roller' atv the bottom of the. post B. To receive the weight and allow the same to slide therein, I place a guide-plate W upon the ground, andl to support the gate more firmly when the same is tilted I provide the post X, which is carried by the gate and has its outer end resting upon the weight when the gate is tilted and projecting above the gate when the same is closed.

The operation of my gate is readily under-v stood and its numerous advantages fully appreciated; but, briefly stated, the operation is as follows: The inclined supports, Vbearingposts, and remainingparts are secured in their proper places, the gate beingnormally as shown in Fig. l. When it is desired to open the gate, the pull-cord from either side ICO is grasped and is given a steady pull or a jerk downward, this motion raising the gate and at the same causing it to tilt. The weighted supports, the lower ends of which are in cn gagement with the stops U, assist in raising the gate until the weight comes to rest upon the plate \V, after which the gate sinks by its own weight into the position shown in Fig. 2. To close the gate, the cord is again pulled upon, and the weight L as soon as its supports are again brought into contactwith the stops U acts to check the descent of the gate toward the post R.

From the foregoing it is evident that I provide a very simple, durable, and cheap tilting farm-gate, and one which by reason of its construction and arrangement of its parts will not become racked when open or closed, and is therefore thoroughlyellicient and practical in use.

In a tilting gate the combination of inclined lever-supports, bemingposts, braces connecting said supports and posts, a roller journaled in said posts, a gate carried by said roller, stays connected to said roller upon each side of the gate having their upper ends connected to the gate, chains connected to said stays and to the gate, coupling or lifting rods connected to the said chains, levers pivoted in the upper ends of said inclined supports and connected to the said lifting-rods, supports connected by a bolt between the rails at the lower ends of the gate, a weight carried by the tree ends of said supports, checks carried by the roller, and a stop upon each side of the gate adapted to be engaged by the lower ends of the supports which also contact with the chocks when the gate is ascending or descending.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BEVLY A. FISHER. \Vitnesses:

T. L. ADAIR, W. P. BAKER. 

